Stroll through the solar system in Ithaca, N.Y.

The Carl Sagan Planet Walk is a 1 to 5 billion scale model of the solar system. Start at the Sun in The Commons and end with Pluto 0.75 miles away at the Sciencenter. 

The first four planets (the ones made of rock and metal) follow the sun in quick succession. The gas giants are way more spread out.

Ithaca Commons: I hadn't been there since my Ithaca High School days!
There's a real meteorite you can touch at the asteroid belt.

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